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EP1 Shock and Awe Jun 14, 2015

How the electric chair, the Ouija board, and other chilling ideas became million-dollar inventions.

EP2 The Vision Thing Jun 21, 2015

See how the TV, speed camera, photocopier, and space telescope went from sketch drawings to life-altering inventions.

EP3 Criminal Riches Jun 28, 2015

See how crime made lucrative inventions out of the house alarm, the cash register, the Tommy Gun, and even the toothbrush.

EP4 Danger Magnets Jul 05, 2015

Would you inhale toxins, leap off a cliff, or shoot yourself to prove you're right? Meet four inventors who did just that.

EP5 Need for Speed Jul 12, 2015

How did a waffle iron change the world of running shoes forever? Find out this and other invention secrets.

EP6 Life and Death Jul 19, 2015

The story of the gun meant to end violence, the box that keeps hearts beating, and the printer that can build anything.

EP7 Guns and Goldmines Jul 26, 2015

They walked through fires, faced poverty, ran for their lives, and found their fortune in gold, guns and games.

EP8 The Little Guy Aug 02, 2015

Intermittent wipers, Lego bricks, and the smiley face came from the minds of ordinary people with extraordinary stories.

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Released: 14 June 2015 Ended

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Official Website: http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/shows/my-million-dollar-invention/1003748

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Behind many million-dollar inventions are priceless stories of inspiration, controversy, triumph, and tragedy. Explore inventions large and small, lifesaving and life-taking, scary and playful, and meet the men and women who dedicated, and often risked, their lives to follow their vision and ultimately change the world.

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